Healthy Eating: Fridge Foods

8 Worst Foods for Your Fridge and Freezer

Find out which unhealthy foods are lurking in your refrigerator and freezer
By Mara Betsch prevention
 

Worst Quick-Fix Side Dish: Frozen French Fries

Don’t delude yourself into thinking that French fries are just another way to get a serving of potatoes. “Most frozen potato products are flash fried. The fat and salt contents are higher than if you did it yourself,” says Krieger. A recent study from Harvard University found that eating certain foods caused people to pack on the pounds more quickly than others. The worst culprit of weight gain? French fries! Eating one serving of French fries per day alone resulted in a 3.4-pound weight gain in four years!

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Better option: Making your own French fries. Cut up potatoes with the skins on (there are 60 different kinds of phytochemicals and vitamins in the skins and flesh), add some olive oil and a pinch of salt, and bake in the oven.

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